The scarce decorative advertising broadside from the 1860s is currently on loan from the George Glaz

The scarce decorative advertising broadside from the 1860s is currently on loan from the George Glazer Gallery to a temporary exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. New York on Ice — currently on view until April 15th — is an entertaining look at the history of ice skating in the city (lower right in the installation photo). The print is featured in a section on the skating craze in the mid 19th century, when the Central Park Lake drew huge crowds of New Yorkers of all ages and social classes. The broadside advertises skating equipment sold by a Lower Manhattan sporting goods store in a playful composition that is over three feet wide. Also available after the exhibition closes at a special sale price –
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